Replication Dataset Codebook

"Are There Social Class Gaps in Nascent Political Ambition? Survey Evidence from the Americas," by Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu


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         variable name:  surveycy 
        variable label:  Survey identifier
	   description:  Text idenitifier for each study

                  type:  alphanumeric
         unique values:  10
           missing obs:  0
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         variable name:  worker 
        variable label:  Worker identifier (based on occupation)
           description:  Dummy variable identifying workers and non-workers based 
                         on occupation (see paper for explanation of coding 
                         procedures)
       
                  type:  numeric
                 range:  0  to 1        
         unique values:  2
           missing obs:  10899
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         variable name:  female 
        variable label:  Female
           description:  Dummy variable identifying female and male respondents

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  0  to 1        
         unique values:  2
           missing obs:  8
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         variable name:  educ 
        variable label:  Education level
           description:  Education level (primary, secondary, tertiary)

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  1  to 3        
         unique values:  4
           missing obs:  26
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         variable name:  consideredrun 
        variable label:  Nascent ambition measure
           description:  Dummy variable identifying respondents who said they 
                         have considered running for public office

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  0  to 1        
         unique values:  2
           missing obs:  0
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         variable name:  tsum 
        variable label:  Number of candidate traits
           description:  Variable containing the number of self-reported traits 
                         the respondent identified

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  0  to 7        
         unique values:  8
           missing obs:  3114
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         variable name:  wt 
        variable label:  Survey weight
           description:  Raking-based calibration weight

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  0  to 14.46           
         unique values:  1031
           missing obs:  0
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         variable name:  lowincome 
        variable label:  Low-income identifier (based on household income)
           description:  Dummy variable identifying low-income respondents based 
                         on self-reported household income

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  0  to 1        
         unique values:  2
           missing obs:  2453
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         variable name:  pra15_t 
        variable label:  Survey item timer
           description:  Timer for the survey item on traits

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  1.98  to 1349.131 
         unique values:  1101
           missing obs:  12418
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         variable name:  encouraged 
        variable label:  Encouraged to run
           description:  Dummy variable identifying respondents who said they had 
                         been encouraged to run for office

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  0  to 1        
         unique values:  4
           missing obs:  4705
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         variable name:  agegrp 
        variable label:  Age group
           description:  Age group (16-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65+) 

                  type:  alphanumeric
         unique values:  6
           missing obs:  0
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         variable name:  electoralsystem 
        variable label:  Electoral system indicator
           description:  Dummy variable identifying majoritarian versus proportional 
                         electoral systems 

                  type:  alphanumeric
         unique values:  2
           missing obs:  0
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         variable name:  ginidisposable 
        variable label:  Gini index (disposable household income)
           description:  Gini inequality measure based on the distribution of disposable 
                         household income

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  36  to 48.3    
         unique values:  8
           missing obs:  0
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         variable name:  lowwealth 
        variable label:  Low-wealth indicator (based on wealth index)
           description:  Dummy identifying respondents with lower levels of household 
                         wealth (see paper for discussion of measure)

                  type:  numeric
                 range:  0  to 1        
         unique values:  2
           missing obs:  7364
